Pictured are sculptures atop and on the front of the Natural History Museum, Maria-Theresien-Platz, Vienna, Austria. From left to right across the top are the following sculptures by Deloye: Nicolaus Jaquin, Dutch-Austrian physician, chemist and botanist. Rene Just Hauy, French mineralogist. Johann Christian Fabricus, Danish Zoologist. Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist. A sculpture if James Cook by Wagner is seen bottom right. The head above the window is Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist, by Rossner. The museum was established between 1872 and 1889, and is one of the most important natural history museums worldwide. It is home to 30 million objects available to more than 60 scientists and numerous guest researchers who carry out basic research in a wide range of topics related to human sciences, earth sciences, and life sciences.
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